La Furia
Legion of Doooom
Meta won't like to hear this but Mandanda is another example of a black keeper. They are physical and athletic, when on form, they're a wall and impossible to pass. but there is ALWAYS some treasure lurking behind the woodwork. And I don't mean Victor "recently one brilliant failure a season" Valdes like, but Manuel "yeah right, like four games in a row without stupidity is not entertaining" Almunia.
In fact, Almunia is a black keeper wearing a suit. Like in that War scene from Monty Python, but then in the opposite way:
Mandanda is a nice example, Kameni in Spain is a very nice example, Vincent Enyeama at the World Cup was a great example, I know the Ivory Coast goalkeeper has those blinders, ... Even when in a super period, they just have to fuck up. It's the law basically.
So no, I don't think Mandanda belongs in that list, let alone he would be the best of those.
Sorry but before Meta gets here I'm going to have to say it first, this is pretty racist, sorry. All the examples you give were raised partially in Africa. In Africa goalkeepers aren't really trained properly for the most part, they get by on reflexes and skill. In fact the same can be said about South American goalkeepers, who outside of Julio Cesar have a habit of putting flash over consistency.
It's how they were trained, not their skin colour. Mandanda was mostly raised in France so he has less of an excuse but Kameni for instance got to where he is on natural ability despite a lack of fundamentals.
